Huomenta!
Tämän päivän teemakortiksi nousee MILKY WAY
“The Milky Way is said to be one of billions of galaxies in the
observable universe. It contains between 200 to 400 billion stars, the
one most famous to us being the Sun. The oldest star in our galaxy is
13.2 billion years old – said to be nearly as old as the universe itself
– and the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Distances are measured
in light-years, and the Milky Way galaxy is believed to be 100,000
light-years in diameter. The enormity and vastness stagger the mind and
challenge the imagination, yet, it also gives us some notion of where we
fit in all this.
Considered from this perspective, our usual
frame of reference is put to the task. We are faced with a choice of
abandoning our myopic vision in favor of seeing and accepting the bigger
picture, or we can just allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by a sense of
smallness and helplessness. Yet know that we are composed of material
from those very stars that inhabit the Milky Way. Thus, we are connected
to Earth and the entire universe at all times, in life and in death.
You
have lost your perspective, so it is time to step back, breathe, and
allow yourself to detach in order to gather information from you senses
and regain you perspective about the situation. Detachment does not mean
that you no longer care – it simply indicates that you are looking at
things from a different point of view. It is an outlook that is not
clouded by emotions, judgement, or attachment to outcome, but instead
maintains a nonreactive awareness of these things.
The Witness,
that internal aspect of yourself that simply observes everything in your
life, offers his or her eyes here. Through these lenses of pure
awareness, you can examine all aspects of your experiences – physical,
emotional, and mental – without denying anything. By doing so, you will
come to understand a greater perspective than is typically justified by
the ego, which allows you to see what is before you with clear vision
and an open mind."
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